The Principal invites you to come to a
Organ walk in Ghent on March 6, 2016 at 14 pm.
During this organ hike we get a list of nearly four centuries of investment in organ and music in Ghent. The organ of the old beguinage church St. Elisabeth Rabot contains many old materials include Pieter Van Peteghem and even 16th century pipes with an exceptionally beautiful sound. The Carmelites have a mechanical romantic organ and the Augustinians bought a neo-baroque Flentrop organ 1962 for the choir,
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Hoofdwerk Borstwerk Pedaal
Prestant 8' Holpijp 8′ Subbas 16′
Roerfluit 8' Fluit 4′ Quintadeen 8′
Octaaf 4′ Prestant 2′ Fluit 4′
Vlakfluit 2′ Octaaf 1′
Regaal 8′ Cymbel 1-2r
Koppelingen
Ped + I
Ped + II
I + II
pending the restoration of Philippe Forrest organ from 1873 on the rood screen (restored in 2003) in 2001.
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QuoteGrand orgue
Bourdon 16ʼ
Montre 8ʼ
Flûte harmonique 8ʼ Dulciana 8ʼ Prestant 4ʼ Quintaton 4ʼ
Quinte 3ʼ
Doublette 2ʼ Fourniture 3r Cymbale 2r
Cornet 5r discant Bombarde 16ʼ Trompette 8ʼ
Pédale
Flûte ouverte 16′ Violoncelle 8ʻ Bombarde 16′ Trompette 8ʻ
Positif
Salicional 8ʼ Bourdon 8ʼ Prestant 4ʼ
Gambe 4ʼ
Flûte 4ʼ
Piccolo 1ʼ Basson-hautbois 8ʼ
Speelhulpen
Tonnerre
Pédalier + Positif
Plein jeu + Récit Pédalier + Grand orgue Plein jeu + Pédalier Grand orgue + Positif Plein jeu + Grand orgue Grand orgue + Récit Pédalier + Récit Tremolo (Récit)
Récit expressif
Flûte harmonique 8ʼ Viol de gambe 8ʼ Voix céleste 8ʼ Flûte octaviant 4ʼ Viol dʼamour 4ʼ Quinte 2 2/3ʼ Octavin 2ʼ Trompette 8ʼ Clairon-Clarinette 8ʼ Voix humaine 8ʼ
The St Michael's Church closes the row with the new organ acquisition in Ghent: a beautiful sounding organ from the 1980s Bas Blank, a highly celebrated organ builder from the Netherlands.
The first three organists study at the Art Academy Bridge in Ghent, the final concert is a teacher recital.
14 h. Saint Elisabeth Church in the old beguinage (the Begijnhofdries the Rabot)
Stan Van Rompay, organ, with works by Bach and Lebègue
15 u. Carmelite Church in Burgstraat
Louis mispelon, organ, with works by Lemmens, Brahms, Rheinberger and Karg-Elert
16 u. our familiar "house church" St. Stephen's Church
Show Pillaert, organ, with works by Bach, Vierne, Alain and Messiaen
17h. St Michael's Church on St. Michael's Square
This final concert will be by La Soave (Kersten Cottyn organ, Marleen Leicher cornetto and Goedele Heidbüchel vocals). La soave in Italian means sweetness, softness, generosity ... But it is also the name of a trio dedicated to the great music of the Italian Renaissance and early Baroque.
walk, four concerts and program € 20
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